After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 64

Chapter 64

Regarding this photo, Shi Qin didn’t have many memories.

But she could vaguely deduce that Zhou Jinsi had seen it at the welfare institute.

Shi Qin suddenly remembered that Ji Chen had told her before that she had run into Zhou Jinsi in the director’s office…

Could it have been then…

No.

Shi Qin noticed that the photo was taken even earlier than she had imagined.

A sense of shock and panic welled up in her heart.

Ji Chen had told her at the time, but she hadn’t paid much attention. After all, she had never mentioned the welfare institute to Zhou Jinsi.

Now, it seemed… perhaps Zhou Jinsi had known all along, and was just silently investigating?

Going to see the director was also to investigate?

Being overly sensitive about her interactions with Ji Chen was also because…

Shi Qin suppressed the churning emotions in her heart. She glanced at the person still sleeping soundly beside her, unable to quite describe what she was feeling at this moment.

She wasn’t disgusted, but to say she wasn’t repulsed at all was impossible.

She had told Zhou Jinsi more than once that when she was ready, she would explain everything to her clearly.

This matter was not just about her parentage; it was something that had been buried in her heart for over twenty years, suppressed, never wanting to be dug up again.

This was also the source of her deepest sense of inferiority.

Shi Qin didn’t know how far Zhou Jinsi’s investigation had gone, but no matter what, if she knew, why was she still playing dumb in front of her?

Does she look that easy to deceive?

A sense of grievance mixed with sourness surged up. Shi Qin took a few deep breaths to calm her emotions, but her eyes only grew moist and blurry.

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This was probably the latest Zhou Jinsi had ever slept in. It wasn’t until nearly three in the afternoon that she slowly woke up.

Remembering the fragmented memories of last night, a smile of happiness and satisfaction appeared on her lips.

She turned her gaze to Shi Qin, thinking she was still fast asleep, but to her surprise, the other person had long since woken up.

“Have you had lunch? I woke up too late.”

Shi Qin didn’t look at her, just stared at her phone and said faintly, “Not yet.”

Zhou Jinsi had guessed as much. She stroked her hair and said gently, “Then should I go to a nearby supermarket now?”

“No need.”

The cold tone made Zhou Jinsi pause, but she quickly returned to normal.

“It is a bit late to cook now… then let’s order takeout first?”

Shi Qin sighed lightly and finally looked at her.

Seeing the tenderness in Zhou Jinsi’s eyes, her heart couldn’t help but soften, and her tone finally eased a little.

“It’s okay. We can eat later. I’m not hungry yet. You can eat first.”

Zhou Jinsi moved closer to her, her fingertips brushing away the strands of hair from her face. She said softly, “I’m not very hungry either. Let’s eat together later.”

She looked at Shi Qin’s bare face, a kind of unadorned purity. At this moment, with her head bowed and her gentle demeanor, she looked especially cute in her eyes.

Every time they had such an intimate contact, Zhou Jinsi felt their relationship would go up another level.

For example, now. She usually hated it when people were clingy, but at this moment, she wanted to stay by Shi Qin’s side, even if it meant not leaving the house all day.

The more she looked, the more she found the person before her to be exquisitely beautiful. She couldn’t help but want to steal a kiss, but was blocked by Shi Qin’s hand.

“What are you doing?”

Shi Qin was not in the mood for such intimacy right now. Many things were churning in her heart, like a tangled mess. She had to sort them out first.

However, to Zhou Jinsi, it sounded like a slightly coy complaint, which made her heart itch even more. Disregarding her resistance, she was about to kiss her—

“Zhou Jinsi.”

Shi Qin’s cold voice finally brought her back to her senses.

She looked at Shi Qin’s exceptionally serious expression at this moment and realized that something was wrong.

“What’s wrong?”

Shi Qin stared deeply into her eyes and asked, “Have you… ever lied to me about anything?”

Zhou Jinsi didn’t know why she was asking this. She thought carefully for a moment, then shook her head.

Seeing her shake her head, Shi Qin felt a little disappointed, then changed her question.

“Then… are there some things that you’ve actually known about for a long time?”

“Tell me. I want to know.”

Zhou Jinsi had never seen her like this before, so nervous, so apprehensive, and with a hint of unease.

She knew that for Shi Qin to ask this, it couldn’t be a small matter.

She probed, “Is it… about your past?”

Hearing this, Shi Qin’s heart jolted. She nodded.

“I don’t know.”

“You said you would tell me, so I’m waiting for the day you’re ready to tell me.”

Zhou Jinsi was telling the truth. After returning from Wang Yan’s place without any results, she had given up the idea of continuing to investigate.

One, this kind of directionless investigation was meaningless.

Second, Wang Yan had reminded her that day that some things were ultimately Shi Qin’s privacy. Since she didn’t want to talk about it for the time being, it wasn’t right for her to pry on her own.

Shi Qin’s brow furrowed, her expression complicated as she looked at her.

Zhou Jinsi’s gaze was so sincere that if she hadn’t just contacted the director again, she would have completely believed her at this moment.

Wang Yan had told her that Zhou Jinsi had specifically gone to ask her about that photo that day, but she hadn’t told her.

But what was Zhou Jinsi’s status? If she wanted to investigate, she had plenty of resources at her disposal.

Although Shi Qin didn’t want to imagine that Zhou Jinsi would do such a thing.

Can she still trust her as she did before?

She didn’t even have the courage to tell Zhou Jinsi that she had just seen the photo in her phone. She didn’t want to tear everything apart, to at least leave some dignity for the situation.

Those things were the most secret places in her heart, never touched by anyone.

But now, the person she wanted to trust the most was secretly investigating her?

She didn’t know why, two years ago, Zhou Jinsi didn’t trust her, and two years later, it was still the same.

Shi Qin was very disappointed.

“Where are you going?”

Zhou Jinsi watched as Shi Qin got up alone, changed out of her pajamas, looking as if she were about to go out.

“I have some work to go to first. You can go back later.”

Shi Qin quickly got dressed. She didn’t know how to face Zhou Jinsi right now.

She was afraid of arguing, and even more afraid of the uncontrollable impulses after an argument. All she could do was temporarily escape.

Escaping was shameful, but it was useful.

Zhou Jinsi quickly got out of bed. Shi Qin’s sudden change left her completely baffled.

What work? So suddenly?

What’s wrong all of a sudden?

Didn’t we talk things out yesterday? Weren’t we fine?

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At night, a white Porsche sped along the road.

Shi Qin was driving, but her eyes were frighteningly empty, her mind a mess of things from the past.

Saying she had work was a lie. She had just found an excuse. She needed some time alone.

She went to her usual Western restaurant for dinner, then drove around the streets aimlessly.

From time to to time, she would stop at an intersection and have another cigarette. Unknowingly, half a pack of cigarettes was gone.

Just as she picked up her lighter and glanced at the cigarette box, Shi Qin sighed softly, so frustrated that she threw it aside. She stepped on the gas, and the car sped up again.

After another round, it was about time. She had to quickly adjust her mood so that her mind wouldn’t be full of this matter during work tomorrow.

On the way back home, Shi Qin drove a little slower.

Passing by a tavern, she saw a woman leaning against a utility pole, bent over as if she were about to vomit.

Shi Qin’s brow furrowed. She didn’t pay much attention.

It wasn’t until the car drove past that she took a closer look and found that the woman looked a little familiar.

I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before?

With this thought, the car slowly came to a stop.

Through the car window, Shi Qin silently sized up the drunk woman again.

After dry heaving, the woman looked up, brushed the messy hair from her face, and unconsciously glanced in Shi Qin’s direction.

This one glance startled Shi Qin.

She remembered. It was the woman she had seen at her auntie’s house. Her auntie’s friend?

Seeing her body swaying unsteadily, about to fall, Shi Qin no longer cared about anything else. She got out of the car and helped her up first.

It was almost midnight now, and people were coming and going on the street. It was hard to say what might happen.

Ye Lan had come out for some air. Her consciousness was just a little clear. She stared blankly at Shi Qin, a dazed look in her eyes.

She muttered in a small, confused voice, “Big Sis?”

“What did you say?” Shi Qin didn’t hear clearly.

Hearing the voice, Ye Lan looked closely at the person before her again, only to realize she had been mistaken just now.

She said self-deprecatingly, “I must have drunk too much…”

It wasn’t convenient for Shi Qin to be supporting her on the street, so she said in a low voice, “Um… Little Auntie?”

This one address made Ye Lan’s heart stir.

“Should we go to the car first?”

Ye Lan nodded, letting Shi Qin help her into the car.

After getting in the car, the stuffy air made Ye Lan’s drunkenness surge up again, her head spinning. Noticing this, Shi Qin silently opened the car window for her.

Shi Qin secretly sized her up. Although the two of them were not close, thinking that Jiang Nuo didn’t have many friends she would invite to her home, they must be well-acquainted, so she had helped out.

She explained, “I’m Auntie… I’m from Jiang Nuo’s family…”

For a moment, Shi Qin didn’t know how to explain her identity.

But Ye Lan said, “I know. I remember you.”

It’s good that she remembers. It saves me the trouble of thinking of an explanation.

Just as Shi Qin was about to ask for her home address, Ye Lan’s next sentence surprised her.

Ye Lan turned her head, her hazy eyes looking at her, yet also as if she were looking through her, at the shadow of another person.

“You look… so much like her…”

Shi Qin was confused. “Who do I look like?”

“Your mother, of course.”

“You and she… are really very similar,” Ye Lan murmured, her consciousness unclear.

But Shi Qin was completely stunned by her words.

How does she know who my biological mother is?

Shi Qin sized her up with a scrutinizing gaze and said warily, “You know her?”

“Of course I know her…”

She is Ye Qingnan’s only younger sister.

Ye Lan changed the subject and suddenly asked, “Do you want to know why Jiang Nuo adopted you back then?”

She even knows about this?

Shi Qin was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Because it seemed that in all these years, she had never really asked her auntie why she had adopted her.

She had only said that she was in this industry, so she knew some inside information.

Seeing her dazed, Ye Lan smiled again. “Jiang Nuo never told you?”

“It seems she’s a coward too…”

Shi Qin didn’t understand what she was saying and pressed on, “What do you mean?”

Ye Lan rubbed her aching temples and let out a breath. “It doesn’t mean anything. But if you want to know, I can tell you.”

Shi Qin didn’t know why she would know these things, nor what her true identity was. But hearing her say so, she was indeed a little curious.

She said, “Then tell me.”

Ye Lan chuckled lightly. Just as she was about to speak, her phone suddenly rang.

She took it out to look. Shi Qin’s gaze also followed, and they both saw the caller’s name clearly.

It was Jiang Nuo.